(From HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1883, Page 797)

J. H. Murphy is an engineer. In 1879 he moved to Worth Co., Iowa. He has since been employed by the B., C., R. & N. R. R. as engineer. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. 6, 1857. His parents were natives of Ireland, and emigrated to Dubuque, Iowa, where the father was known as an eminent architect. He died in St. Louis in 1879. The mother died in Memphis, Tenn., in 1866. They had a family of ten; two only are living. Seven brothers and one sister died with the cholera. J. H. married Anna Butterfield Oct. 11, 1876. She was born in Maysville, Ky., July 1, 1856. They have one child-John, born Nov. 17, 1877. They are members of the Catholic Church.

Transcribed by Gordon Felland, March 12, 2006